"echelle" meaning in English

See echelle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: echelles [plural]
Etymology: From French échelle (“ladder”). Doublet of scale. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|échelle||ladder}} French échelle (“ladder”), {{doublet|en|scale}} Doublet of scale Head templates: {{en-noun}} echelle (plural echelles)
  1. (physics) An echelle grating. Categories (topical): Physics Derived forms: echellette

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